Cool and Strange Music! Magazine - 08 - Feb 1998-May 1998

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Publisher/Eclitor: Dana Countryman Layout ancl Design: The Same Guy Proolreacler: Tricia Meier Mailing Services: Keith B. Ellis Printing Services: Consoliclatecl Press Seattle, WA This Issue's Contributing Writers: J.R. Williams Ken Saari Brae/ Bigelow Ernie Clark Kevin John Eel Kaz

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lli,~Q.°d§ibut are otherwise lackluster compos1t1ons or mundane, sy[~ano~1ons of popular standards with celestial titles like "Star Dust" ahd "Out of This World." The very first "Outer Space Exotica" album (originally released as an album of 78's in 194 7) is generally accepted to be "Music Out of the Moon" on Capitol, and it was arranged and condu cted by Les Baxter. It is one of three marvelous rec ord albums rel eased around 1950 with original compositions by Harry Revel and featurin g Dr. Samuel Hoffman n on the eerie Theremin. The other two are Les Baxter's RCA Victor album "Perfume Set to Music" and Billy May's Capitol album "Music for Peace of Mind." All three were released both;~.. as triple 78 RPM album sets and as individual ten inch LP albums; the two on Capitol we~later combined on one twelve-inch LPLes Baxter's instrumentation on "Music Out of the Moon" is unusual and experimenta l. The Theremin, wor~s voice~ a piano are prominent in a rela lively small grou ~j varying instrumentation including_ violins, harp, organ, woodw1nd'Sfan RJertuss1on. At times, a mild swing/iazz aura dominates, ane.?t o ·· · s~ the mood is rapturous. The overall resuit is a listenifiti'ex ce tha1 lives up to the title, albeit in a quaint and somewhat dated manner. The amazing cover, featuring a scantily

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: its time. ~ In 1955, a r~cord~entitled "Harry Revel's Music from Out of Space," arranged>a d conducted by Stuart Phillips was released on :f; MGM. It haa,.a nt, J>I standout co~er, 'If. picts ~ a ~teriou~man with long, floating hair, sus~nded in space amidst orbiting spheres. The liner notes reference the three previous Revel Theremin albums, and state that this work is, in part, acon tinuation of those wur~s. The ~ music does sound related, but unfortunately, the Theremin is "'" . ,. not to be found here. A mostly wordless chorus similllr to that on "Mu- ing starsl -~1he nex~~ch of "outer space exotica" records appeared in the hn Glenn's actual journey into orbit. One of ~ early '60s, the ti'm ~'if.l~ of these, "Futtfta," a Bernie original music·' -c;,..,. Green, was am;n·g the.very l 'P.o. eox .ftts-c

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:i Ed Kaz delivers this wonderful "Liner Notes Article" with an insight completely his own; his literary style, his sincerity, and his ~

rtythmic drive makes you wonder why he hasn't been writing long before this. But this oversight can be remedied right now. Pull up your easiest chair and relax ... as Ed Kaz, one of America's most obscure music journalists-writes about The Art of the Liner Note... - Dana Countryman, Editor " -5 Cool And Strange Music! Magazine Everett, WA

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Sometimes they could be regarded as a literary masterpieces, but more often than not Liner Notes had the feel of a term paper slapped-together fully three minutes before the bell. Whatever the case, Liner Notes were put on the back of LP's for a sole reason: to persuade the frugal consumer of the late '50s and early '60s to part with his or her hard-earned Lincolns.

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Alas, the poor Liner Noter remains the unsungest of the unsung heroes. It is high time we saluted this grand lost art. Let us now flip our records over and revisit some Classic Liner Moments ...

'Lou Stein's sextet is typical of this bacbroom band. Always the stress was on melody and vibrato. The combination was a smooth as the aqed lager that was beinq served with the hill beef or cheese sandwiches.'

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ally are to the much talented Jerry Colonna. Most believe that all he can do is use his voice for a five o'clocll whistle. Not so, not so. Although, there have been some who quit worll in the middle of the day after hearing Jerry blast off!"

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(Among the "sounds of the Woodstock age" (performed by the notorious Pickwick soundalike group "Tribes'} are "Rose Garden (?)" and "KNOCK THREE TIMES(???)" Those who were there will ALWAYS remem-

is a combination of Will Dr.Murray &mks Rogers, Bob Hope, Red Sllelton, and Groucho Marx as a personality; but when it comes to real psychology-he tops them all.In all the 25 years I have been affiliated with Town Hall here in San Francisco, I have never. never experienced the thrill of a spealler. and that of an audience of about t 500 women who really RAISED THE ROOF ofthe CURRAN THEATRE.'

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